Marble Quarries In Ireland

A wide range of connemara marble gifts are available there.

Marble quarries in ireland.

Harding stoneyard kilkenny the harding family own and run the only remaining kilkenny black marble quarry in ireland which is the only existing source of this black marble available in the country. He established a marble yard in the town of galway and employed several workmen who wrought monuments chimney pieces tablets slabs etc advertised his product in newspapers and exported the stone to various irish and british markets. Connemara marble is over 900 million years old and is unique to ireland. Kilkenny black marble is found in the southeast of ireland and gets is black color from the carbon which is mixed with the limestone is this marble.

Kilkenny marble was used for the plinth of the tomb of richard iii in leicester cathedral and throughout kilkenny you can find the black marble paving the footpaths and lining the city walls. This quarry is the oldest and most famous of the connemara marble quarries opened commercially in 1822. Streamstown marble quarry letternoosh clifden co. The joyce family owns a connemara marble quarry in recess.

We own and operate the oldest marble quarry which was first opened in the 19th century and visited in 1903 by king edward vii and queen alexandra during the royal tour of connemara. Located just outside the historic marble city of kilkenny. Stone age man worked the marble from this deposit 4000 years ago and axes made of connemara marble are in the collection of the national museum of ireland.